Progress report on "rehabilitation" of JPL : memo to Robert C. Seamans Jr., 1963 Nov 6.

Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.)

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The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is a research and development center and NASA field center in Pasadena, California. The JPL is owned by NASA and managed by the nearby California Institute of Technology. The laboratory's primary function is the construction and operation of planetary robotic spacecraft, though it also conducts Earth-orbit and astronomy missions. It is also responsible for operating NASA's Deep Space Network. Among the laboratory's major active projects are the Mars Scien...

United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was established as an independent agency of the executive branch on October 1, 1958 by the National Aeronautics and Space Act (72 Stat. 426), approved July 29, 1958. It superseded the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). NASA conducted redsearch on problems of flight, developed aeronautical and space vehicles, explored outer space, and participated in international programs for the peaceful development of space technology....

Larsen, Valdemar C. Jr.

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Hilburn, Earl D.,

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Hilburn was Acting Associate Administrator, NASA. From the description of Release of Ranger Program Information via the Mass Media : teletype William H. Pickering, 1964 Aug 25. (Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives). WorldCat record id: 733099434 Hilburn was Deputy Associate Administrator for Industry Affairs. From the description of Ranger 6 Review Board : memo to Eugene E. Dangle, Walter Jakobowski, Herman E. LaGow, and Francis B. Smith, 1964 Feb 3. (...